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December 18th-24th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Author of Killers of a Certain Age, Deanna Raybourn, will publish a follow up to the instant New York Times bestseller titled Kills Well With Others in spring 2025! Listen to Deanna on Zibby’s podcast here.

December 11th-17th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Jonathan Evison, author of Again and Again will publish a new novel titled The Heart of Winter, with Dutton!

December 3rd-10th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Author Nora Zelevanksy will publish a new enemies-to-lovers rom com novel, titled Pickup, with Gallery Books! Listen to Nora on Zibby’s podcast here.

  • Amanda Peters, whose recent novel The Berry Pickers won the 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, will publish a collection of short stories titled Waiting For the Long Night Moon in January 2025 with Catapult! Listen to Amanda on Zibby’s podcast here.

October 30th-December 2nd

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Bestselling author of Between Two Kingdoms, Suleika Jaouad, will publish two new books, The Book of Prompts: Awakening Creativity and Drowning Practice, with Random House! Listen to Suleika on Zibby’s podcast here.

  • Therese Anne Fowler, author of Z and A Good Neighborhood, will publish a new book titled What Becomes Of Us with Crown! Listen to Therese on Zibby’s podcast here

ADAPTATION ALLEY

IN THE NEWS

  • Actress Ellie Kemper will narrate a new audiobook edition of Katherine Center’s Happiness For Beginners after starring in the film adaptation! Listen to Katherine on Zibby’s podcast here.

October 23rd-29th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

October 16th-22nd

DEAL OR NO DEAL 

  • Zibby Books just acquired NYT bestselling author and Thurber Prize winner John Kenney’s newest novel, titled The Obituary Writer! We’re so excited to welcome John to the Zibby Books family. 

  • NYT bestselling author Jodi Picoult will publish a new novel with Ballantine, titled By Any Other Name! Listen to Jodi on Zibby’s podcast here

  •  Jesse Q. Sutanto just sold two new books to Berkley! The first is a new adult novel titled Next Time Will Be Our Turn, and the second is the sequel to Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice For Murderers. Listen to Jesse on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Saumya Dave, author of What A Happy Family and Well-Behaved Indian Woman, will publish The Guilt Pill in winter 2025 with Park Row Books! Listen to Saumya on Zibby’s podcast here

October 9th- October 15th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Kimblery McCreight, bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia and A Good Marriage, will publish Like Mother, Like Daughter with Knopf in July 2024! Listen to Kimberly on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Author and First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid will publish a new book titled Death of a Diplomat with Sourcebooks! Listen to Eliza on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Natalie Jenner, author of The Jane Austen Society and Bloomsbury Girls, will publish a new, currently untitled book with St. Martin’s Press. Listen to Natalie on the podcast here!  

IN THE NEWS 

  • James McBride won the 2023 Kirkus Prize for fiction for The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store! Look out for James on an upcoming special episode of Moms Don’t Have Time To Read Books.

October 2nd-October 8

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Louis Bayard, author of The Pale Blue Eye and Jackie & Me, will publish a new book about Oscar Wilde titled The Wildes: A novel In Five Acts! Listen to Louis on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Sophie Brickman will publish a novel titled Plays Well With Others with William Morrow! Listen to Sophie on Zibby’s podcast here.

September 18th-October 1st

DEAL OR NO DEAL

IN THE NEWS

  • Marie Benedict’s The First Ladies was selected as this month’s Target Book Club pick! Listen to Marie on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Author Julia Quinn was recently named as the new National Ambassador for EveryLibrary! Listen to Julia on Zibby’s podcast here.

September 11th-17th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Authors Sarah Mylnowski and Hena Khan will publish the fourth book in the Best Wishes series, titled Like a Boss, in fall 2024! Listen to Sarah on Zibby’s podcast here.

  • Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Pullitzer finalist, will publish The Antidote in 2025 with Knopf! 

  • Sally Hepworth, author of The Soulmate, will publish her next book, titled Daring Girls, with St. Martin’s Press in April 2024! Listen to Sally on Zibby’s podcast here.

September 4th-10th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Lisa Scottoline will publish a new series titled Rosato & Dinunzio with Skydance Media! Listen to Lisa on Zibby’s podcast here

ADAPTATION ALLEY

  • Author of The Trying Game, Amy Klein’s essay for The New York Times’ “Modern Love” column has been adapted for Amazon Prime’s Modern Love TV series in India! You can watch the episode here, and listen to Amy on Zibby’s podcast here.

August 28th-September 3rd

DEAL OR NO DEAL

August 21st-27th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Steven Rowley, author of The Celebrants, will publish a follow up to his Thurber Prize-winning novel The Guncle titled The Guncle Abroad! You can listen to Steven on Zibby’s podcast here, read an interview with him for Zibby Mag here, and watch his event at Zibby’s Bookshop here.

August 14th-20th

ADAPTATION ALLEY

August 6th-August 13th

ADAPTATION ALLEY

  • Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s production company, Archewell Productions, has purchased the adaptation rights to Carley Fortune’s newest novel, Meet Me At The Lake! Listen to Carley on Zibby’s podcast here, and read the essay Carley wrote for Zibby Mag about the novel here.

July 31st- Aug 6th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Marisa Meltzer,a New York Times contributor and the author of Glossy, will publish Moi Non Plus: The Life and Times of Jane Birkin, Ultimate French Girl with One Signal! Listen to Marisa on Zibby’s podcast here.

July 24th-30th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Emily Oster, author of Expecting Better, is teaming up with maternal fetal medicine specialist to publish The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications with Penguin Press! Listen to Emily on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Author and illustrator Liz Climo will publish Life In The Present in summer 2024 with Running Press! Listen to Liz on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Tamara Winfrey Harris, author of Dear Black Girl, will publish a new book titled The Free Black Woman’s Field Guide: A Manual for Decolonizing Your Life with Berrett-Koehler! Listen to Tamara on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Author of Kismet, Becky Chalsen will publish a new book titled Serendipity with Dutton! 

  • Suzanne Rindell will publish Summer Fridays, a 90’s era romance set in the publishing world, with Dutton!

IN THE NEWS

July 17th-23rd

DEAL OR NO DEAL

July 10th-16th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • The author duo behind Emma of 83rd Street, Audrey Belleza and Emily Harding are back with Elizabeth of East Hampton– a Pride & Prejudice retelling set in the Hamptons and set for publication in summer 2024 with Gallery! Listen to Audrey and Emily on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Michele Filgate, author of What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About, will publish a follow up book titled What My Father and I Don’t Talk About with Simon & Schuster! Listen to Michele on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Author of Delphine Jones Takes a Chance and The Love Story of Missy Carmichael, Beth Morrey will publish a new book in early 2024 titled Clover Hendry’s Day Off! Listen to Beth on Zibby’s podcast here

ADAPTATION ALLEY

  • Go As A River, Shelley Read’s debut novel, has been optioned for adaptation as a feature film with Spiegel & Grau producing! Listen to Shelly on Zibby’s podcast here.

July 3rd-July 9th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Zibby Books author Swan Huntley, author of The Bad Mood Book and the forthcoming I Want You More, will publish a new interactive guide book titled You’re Grounded in summer 2024 with Tarcher Perigee!

June 9th-July 2nd

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Kerri Maher, author of The Paris Bookseller and All You Have To Do Is Call has signed a new two-book deal with Berkley! The first of the books is titled Summer of Love! Look out for Kerri on an upcoming episode of Moms Don’t Have Time To Read Books

  • Jason Mott, the author of the NYT bestselling and the National Book Award winner Hell of a Book will publish an Amazon Original short story titled Best of Luck! Listen to Jason on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Author of National Book Award finalist Leave The World Behind, Rumaan Alam will publish a new book titled Entitlement with Riverhead. Listen to Rumaan on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of The Nest and Read with Jenna Good Company, has a new novel coming from Ecco in summer 2025! Listen to Cynthia on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Author of The Work Wife, Alison B. Hart is publishing a new book titled April May June July with Graydon House! Listen to Alison on Zibby’s podcast here.

June 3rd-June 12th

DEAL OR NO DEAL 

May 22nd-June 2nd

DEAL OR NO DEAL 

  • Author of the NYT bestseller The Flight Attendant, Chris Bohjalian will publish an Amazon Original titled Slot Machine Fever Dreams, coming summer 2023! Listen to Chris on the podcast here and here.

May 15th-May 21st

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Hazel Hayes, author of Out of Love, will publish a new book with Dutton titled Better By Far! Listen to Hazel on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Sara Shepard, author of the bestselling Pretty Little Liars series, will publish Nowhere Like Home with Dutton! Listen to Sara’s episodes of Zibby’s podcast here and here.

May 8th-May 14th

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Kristin Hannah has announced that her next novel titled The Women will publish in February 2024! Listen to Kristin on the podcast here!

  • Jessica N. Turner will publish a new book titled I Thought It Would be Better Than This in March 2025! Listen to Jessica on the podcast here!

AWARDS ALERT

May 1-May 7

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Author of Mustique Island Sarah McCoy’s newest, titled Whatever Happened to Lori Lovey? sold to William Morrow! Listen to Sarah on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Michaleen Doucleff, author of Hunt, Gather, Parent recently signed a new two-book deal with Avid Reader Press! The new books are titled Dopamine Kids and The Body Electric! You can listen to Michaleen’s episode of Zibby’s podcast here.

April 24-30

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline has a new short story coming from Amazon Original Stories called The Scenic Route! Listen to Christina on the podcast here and check out the roundup she wrote for Zibby Mag here.

  • Editor of the Slate and author of Vintage Contemporaries, Dan Kois will publish Hampton Heights: One Harrowing Night in the Most Haunted Neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Harper Perennial! Listen to Dan on the podcast here.

April 17-23

PUB DAY PARADE

  • Author Elizabeth Graver’s newest novel Kantika went on sale April 18th! Check out the essay Elizabeth wrote for Zibby Mag here.

April 3-16

PUB DAY PARADE

  • The 3rd and final book in Jayne Allen’s Black Girls Must Be Exhausted series, titled Black Girls Must Have It All, went on sale April 11th! Listen to Jayne’s episode on the podcast here

  • Our Zibby Books author Swan Huntley is publishing a gift book on June 6th titled The Bad Mood Book! You can pre-order the book on her website, and get excited for Swan’s forthcoming novel with Zibby Books in Summer 2024!

March 27- April 2 

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Author of The Jane Austen Society and Bloomsbury Girls, Natalie Jenner has a new book coming from St. Martin’s Press titled Every Time We Say Goodbye! Listen to Natalie on Zibby’s podcast here.

  • Cofounder of the Gotham Book Prize Bradley Tusk will publish a satirical novel with Regalo Press titled Obvious in Hindsight

  • Bestselling author Kwame Alexander will publish a middle grade graphic novel series with co-author Cassidy Dyce called The Brainstormerz! The first book in the series will be titled Money Talks. Comic creator Rashad Doucet will illustrate. Listen to Kwame on Zibby’s podcast here and here.


ADAPTATION ALLEY

  • Emily Henry’s Book Lovers sold film rights to Tango with Sarah Hayward attached to adapt! Listen to all three of Emily’s episodes on Zibby’s podcast here, here and here

IN THE NEWS

  • Meryl Streep has been set to narrate the audiobook for Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake! Listen to Ann’s episode on the podcast here.

  • Recent podcast guest Ari Shapiro’s The Best Strangers in the World debuted on the Indie Bestseller list! Listen to Ari on the podcast here.

  • Laura Dave and Amor Towles, both authors who recently signed books at Zibby’s Bookshop also hit the Indie Bestseller List for Paperback Fiction for their books The Last Thing He Told Me and The Lincoln Highway! Laura also has a curated shelf at the bookshop. You can listen to Laura’s episode of the podcast here and Amor’s episode here.

March 20-26

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Kristin Harmel, bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names, will publish The Road Home, with Amazon Original Stories in Spring 2023! Look out for Kristen on an upcoming episode of Moms Don’t Have Time To Read Books!

  • Author of The Music of the Bees, Eileen Garvin’s next book is titled Crow Talk and is a story of healing from grief set in the PNW. Listen to Eileen on the podcast here!

  • Supriya Kelkar will publish Thank You, Teachers with Farrar, Strauf Children’s in Spring 2025! Listen to Supriya’s episode on Zibby’s podcast here

  • Kendra Adachi will publish The Lazy Genius Plan: A Refreshing Stratefy for Managing Your Time with Convergent in 2024! Listen to Kendra on the podcast here and here.

ADAPTATION ALLEY

  • Johnston Production Group recently purchased the television rights to Susan Wiggs’s The Goodbye Quilt! Listen to Susan on Zibby’s podcast here!

March 13-19

DEAL OR NO DEAL

ADAPTATION ALLEY

  • Wolf Hustle by Cin Fabré has been optioned for film by Apple with Chinonye Chukwu set to direct and produce! Listen to Cin on Zibby’s podcast here.

COVER LOVER

IN THE NEWS

  • Two of Zibby’s past podcast guests won Oscars last weekend!

    • Sarah Polley, author of Run Towards the Danger, won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for her film Women Talking! Listen to Sarah on the podcast here.

    • Jamie Lee Curtis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once! Listen to Jamie on the podcast here.

March 6-12

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Lian Dolan, author of Lost And Found In Paris and creator of the Satellite Sisters podcast, just signed a two book deal with William Morrow. The upcoming books are titled The Marriage Sabbatical and The Wedding. Listen to Lian on Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books here!

ADAPTION ALLEY

  • Brenda Janowitz’s book The Grace Kelly Dress, sold dramatic rights to the Hallmark Channel! Listen to Brenda’s episode of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books here!

February 27- March 3

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Alka Joshi, bestselling author of The Henna Artist, will publish The Painter in Winter 2025! Listen to Alka on Zibby’s podcast here!

  • Author of We Are The Brennans and the forthcoming The Connellys of County Down Tracey Lange, will publish What Happened To The Mccrays? again with Celadon Books in 2024. Listen to Tracey on Zibby’s podcast here!

  • Laurie Woolever, The New York Times bestselling author of Bourdain and World Travel, will publish Care And Feeding, a memoir about her journey through the food world and beyond. Listen to Laurie on Zibby’s podcast here!

February 20-26

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Christina Hillsberg, author of License to Parent and former CIA operative, will publish her new book, Sisters in the Shadows: The Indispensable Women of the CIA in spring 2025! Listen to Christina on Zibby’s podcast here. 

  • Michelle Glogovac, host of My Simplified Life podcast will publish Podcast Guesting Made Simple, a guide to best practices as a podcast guest, in spring 2024! Michelle is a proud Zibby Books ambassador, and you can listen to her interview with Zibby Books’ author Alisha Fernandez Miranda here.

  • Author duo Lauren Layne and Anthony Ledonne will publish Emergency Contact, a new Christmastime rom-com coming fall 2023! You can listen to Lauren on Zibby’s podcast here.

  • Author of Running Home Katie Arnold has a new book coming titled Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World! You can listen to Katie on Zibby’s podcast here.

February 13-19

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Elyssa Friedland is publishing a new book called The Jackpotters, coming in summer 2024! Listen to Elyssa on Zibby’s podcast talking about her books, The Most Likely Club, The Last Summer at the Golden Hotel, First Street and The Intermission.

  • Bestselling author of The Lantern House, Erin Napier, is publishing a new book containing essays and photos of her name titled Heirloom Rooms, coming fall 2023. Listen to Erin on Zibby’s podcast here.

  • Nicole Graev Lipson will publish a memoir-in-essays titled Mother and Other Fictional Characters.

  • Katie Arnold, author of Running Home has a new book coming from Parallax Press, titled Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World. Listen to Katie on Zibby’s podcast here.

February 6-12

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • NYT bestselling author Rachael Lippincott has a new book coming from Simon & Schuster Children’s called Pride & Prejudice & Pittsburgh. Listen to Rachael on Zibby’s podcast here.

  • Chris Cander, author of The Weight of a Piano and A Gracious Neighbor is publishing a new literary suspense novel, The Young of Other Animals. Listen to Chris on Zibby’s podcast here.

  • Kiley Reid, bestselling author of Such A Fun Age, has a new novel coming from Putnam. The book is called Come and Get it and is currently slated for January 2024. Listen to Kiley on Zibby’s podcast here.

  • Lola Akinmade Åkerström, author of In Every Mirror She’s Black, has sold her sophomore novel to William Morrow. The untitled novel is coming Fall 2023! Listen to Lola on Zibby’s podcast here.

January 23-29

ADAPTATION ALLEY

  • Sonya Singh’s Sari Not Sari sold television rights to Nikki Ray Media! Listen to Sonya on Zibby’s podcast here

IN THE NEWS

  • The Canberra Times profiled Zibby Books Author, Emma Grey about her forthcoming book The Last Love Note. Read the full piece here.

  • Past podcast guest and author of Run Towards the Danger, Sarah Polley was nominated for an Oscar for her film Women Talking. Listen to Sarah on Zibby’s podcast here.

January 16-22

COVER LOVER

  • Writing duo Ali Brady’s new book, The Comeback Summer, is coming May 9th, 2023! Are you a fan? Head to Instagram to see our exclusive cover reveal! You can also listen to Alison Hammer, one half of Ali Brady, on Zibby’s podcast here.

IN THE NEWS

  • The finalists for the 2022 Thurber Prize for American Humor have been announced! All three finalists were guests on Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books! See the list of finalists below. 

January 9-15

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Rev. Lydia Sohn is publishing her first book, Here: A Spirituality of Staying in a Culture of Leaving, coming Fall 2024! You can listen to Lydia on Zibby’s podcast here and read her essay “What Do 90-somethings Regret Most?” here.

  • Gabrielle Korn, the author of Everybody (Else) Is Perfect is publishing a new series with St. Martin’s Press! The first book in the series is titled Yours for the Taking and the second will be titled The Shutouts. Listen to Gabrielle on Zibby’s podcast here.

COVER LOVER

  • Have you seen our cover reveal for Kate White’s new book? Head to Instagram to check it out! Kate’s newest is a standalone psychological thriller titled Between Two Strangers, and you won’t want to miss this twisty new novel about a mystery inheritance and the secrets we bury in our pasts. Listen to Kate on Zibby’s podcast here!

IN THE NEWS

  • Bryan Washington, author of Lot and Memorial, has a new book coming from Riverhead, titled Family Meal. It follows two queer best friends as they finally reconnect after a tragedy drove them apart. Listen to Bryan on Zibby’s podcast here.

January 2-8

DEAL OR NO DEAL

  • Sarah Mylnowski, author of the Whatever After series and Best Wishes, is publishing a new children’s book in the fall of 2024 titled, A Dragon For Hanukkah, about a young girl whose eight Hanukkah gifts come to life in front of her eyes. It will be illustrated by Ariel Landy. Listen to Sarah on Zibby’s podcast here!

  • Heather Lanier, author of Raising a Rare Girl, will publish The Psalms of Unknowing with Monkfish! You can listen to Heather on Zibby’s podcast here.

ADAPTATION ALLEY